Issue - meetings

A report of the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods detailing Oldham’s Monitoring Report for 2024/25.

The Cabinet received a report from the Executive Director of Place/Deputy Chief Executive that requested approval for the publication of the Oldham’s Monitoring Report (AMR) and 2024/25. 

The report explained that, under Regulation 34 and 35 of The Town and Country (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, local planning authorities must make monitoring information available for inspection as soon as possible after the information became available. The Monitoring Report covered the previous financial year, that is 1^st April?2024 to 31^st March?2025. In terms of housing land supply, the Monitoring Report presented the position as of 1^st April 2025.  

In line with Regulations, the Monitoring Report provided details on whether the Council was meeting the various milestones that were set out in the Local Development Scheme (LDS) for preparing the various Local Plan documents. Performance would be monitored against the LDS that was in place at the start of the monitoring period. The Monitoring Report also monitored a range of planning indicators, such as housing, employment and biodiversity, which sought to assess the effectiveness of the Council’s land-use planning policies, and whether they were achieving their objectives and delivering sustainable development. This was the Council’s 21^st Monitoring Report.  

The 2024/25 Annual Monitoring Report also included the Places for Everyone (PfE) Monitoring Report at Appendix 2, to the submitted report. PfE being the strategic spatial plan for nine Greater Manchester local authorities (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan), and as such set out a collective planning policy framework across those nine PfE local authorities. PfE had been adopted with effect from 21^st March 2024.

Options/Alternatives considered:

Option 1 (preferred Option) – To approve the Council’s Monitoring Report 2024 - 2025 for publication. The reported advantages were that approving the Monitoring Report would help with implementing and reviewing our local planning policies, whilst also being transparent and meeting the requirements of the regulations. 

Option 2 – To not approve the Council’s Monitoring Report 2024 – 2025. There were no reported advantages in not approving and publishing the Monitoring Report for 2024/25.

Resolved:

That the Cabinet approves the Oldham Monitoring Report for 2024/25, for publication.